On behalf of the American Board of Health Physics, it is my privilege to award Mr. Kyle Kleinhans the 2024 William A. McAdams Outstanding Service Award. This award, established in 1989, honors those certified health physicists who have made significant contributions toward the advancement of professionalism in health physics and to its certification process. In conferring this award, the committee specifically noted Kyle’s outstanding accomplishments in and dedication toward the Health Physics Certification process.

Kyle became a Certified Health Physicist in 1994 and has since been actively helping to advance the Health Physics profession at all levels. On the local level, Kyle served as the East Tennessee Chapter of the Health Physics Society (HPS)’s Awards and Nominating Committee Chair, and was later the chapter’s Secretary, Treasurer, and President. More broadly, Kyle also served on the HPS Nominating Committee, HPS Science Teacher Workshop Committee, HPS History Committee, and the HPS Standards Committee. He was an Associate Editor, and later Editor, of the CHP Newsletter, and is a member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It was this tireless work and dedication that led to Kyle’s appointment in 2017 as a Fellow of the HPS.

With respect to his dedication toward our certification process, Mr. Kyle Kleinhans served as a member of the American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP) Ad Hoc Committee on Standard Operating Procedures, the AAHP Nominating Committee, and the AAHP Board of Directors. As an AAHP Board Member, he served as both its Parliamentarian and President. After completing his term with the AAHP, Kyle next was elected to the Leadership Board of the American Board of Health Physics (ABHP), where he served as our Secretary and later our Chair. As an ABHP Chair, Kyle was known for the many initiatives that he spearheaded, such as his work to clarify the ABHP Exam appeals process, the update to the ABHP candidate qualification standards, and to the updates in the ABHP Prospectus Manual, Procedures Manual, and the ABHP Policy Manual.

It is therefore my honor to confer this 2024 William A. McAdams Outstanding Service Award, along with the recognition and applause associated with it, to Mr. Kyle Kleinhans.

David C. Medich, Ph.D. CHP

It is my honor to award Dr. Brant Ulsh the Nancy K. Johnson National Service Award for 2024 in recognition of his service to the AAHP during my presidency.

In 2023, Dr. Brant served on the AAHP Professional Standards and Ethics Committee as the chair of the committee. It was determined that the AAHP needed a “Respectful Behavior Policy” and the committee under Dr. Ulsh’s leadership, diligently worked to balance competing interests, professionalism, and goodwill to achieve consensus and produce the new policy which was accepted by the Executive Committee.

The committee under Dr. Ulsh’s leadership also had an active year with complaints of unethical practices by Certified Health Physicists (CHPs). The adjudication of these claims required extensive work reviewing documents, conducting interviews and holding committee meetings. Throughout the process, Dr. Ulsh adhered closely to the complex procedures established for these situations, maintaining noteworthy integrity to the process each step of the way. He worked closely with his committee to successfully achieve consensus. The result was a fair and balanced outcome for all parties. I am nominating Dr. Ulsh for this award in recognition of the value he added to our organization on many levels with his integrity, skills and excellent judgement while carrying out his duties as chair of the AAHP Professional Standards and Ethics Committee.